Windows 10: app taking up space even though I uninstalled

I uninstalled gears of war 4 but the space it takes is still in my computer.

:)

 

Unable to uninstall an app on Windows 10

Hello dayhiker4k,

First, I went ahead and moved this thread to the appropriate category, so no need to worry about that. Thanks for letting us know about this.

Regarding your concern, I have listed below the most basic steps on how to uninstall a program on Windows 10 via settings. Try it out and see if it helps:

• On the Start menu, select Settings.
• Select Apps.
• Select the program, and then select Uninstall. Some apps built into Windows can't be uninstalled.
  
• Follow the instructions on the screen.

If the above step won't work, I suggest that you check with Webroot's support website for steps on how to completely uninstall their programs. Some anti-virus apps require certain permissions, or may have have different steps to perform in order to completely
take it out of the system.

If you're still having trouble uninstalling the app, the last resort that I can share to you is to uninstall it using
Command Prompt. Follow the steps provided by Ramesh.Kumar from
this link and let us know the outcome.

We'll keep an eye out to your response.

 

Why do apps take up more space than they indicate in the marketplace?

My phone is constantly running out of space so I decided to tabulate the amount of space that the games I have installed should take up.



To do this I went through the list on the marketplace and wrote down how much space each app is supposed to use. According to this all my games should take up around 2GB. I am using a Lumia 710 which should have 6.28GB of usable storage space. This made
me wonder what was taking up the other 4GB.



Since I needed space I uninstalled a few games. I then went to the about page under settings, which told me that I had 1.49GB of storage space remaining. I knew that I did not uninstall enough apps to free up this space.



I then went to the marketplace and reinstalled a game that I had just uninstalled. The app said that it required 124MB of space. After it was installed I returned to the about page and it said I had 993.56MB of free space.



So my question is:



Why does a game that is listed at 124MB take up over 500MB?

 

Apps and games file taking up too much space.

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern as Apps & feature has taken the maximum space in the Storage drive.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Windows 10 Version and Build installed? (Type winver
  in Windows search/Run command)
• Since when are you observing this storage issue?

Please help us with the screenshot of the window after you click on
Apps & feature under Storage settings, to understand which app is consuming more disk space. (Please follow the steps mentioned in the
screenshot posted
by Shawn ‘Cmdr’ Keene on Oct 2, 2015 to post the screenshots.) Do not share any personal information in the screenshots.



Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform the disk optimization on the PC. Please refer the steps as suggested in this article:

Defragment your Windows 10 PC



Also perform a full Scan of your System

1. Press Windows + I key to open
   Settings.
   
2. Go to Update and Security.
   
3. Switch to the ‘Windows Security’ tab.
   
4. Click on ‘Virus and threat protection’.
   
5. Hit Scan options and select the ‘Full Scan’ box.
   
6. Run the scan.

Also refer the suggestions as mentioned in this article: Free up drive space in Windows 10



Let us know the results. We will certainly assist you further.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator